Did you know? DANTE EXUM Exum is the consensus third-best healthy player in this draft; behind BY ED BARKOWITZ [email protected] Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker. One conundrum for the Sixers, who pick third, is whether to draft injured center Joel Embiid or Exum, who plays the same point guard position as reigning rookie of DANTE EXUM About this The list: the year Michael Carter-Williams. Position: Point guard series Dante Exum will be the 13th player born in Australia to play in the NBA. Here are the fi ve Height: 6-5. Weight: 190. Exum, in 2011 at age 15, became the The Daily News this most notable: youngest player ever invited to train with week looked at the most Age: 18. the Australian national team. Current interesting prospects Years GP Pts. Born: July 13, 1995 in East Sixers coach Brett Brown was the heading into tonight’s NBA Melbourne, Australia. Aussies’ coach. NBA draft. The Sixers Andrew 2005- 507 11.6 College: None are slated to pick third, Bogut Cecil Exum, Dante’s father, was behind Cleveland and Twitter: @daanteee a reserve and teammate of Michael Kyrie Irving 2011- 181 20.7 Milwaukee. Jordan’s when North Carolina won the Luc 1991-01 567 7. 2 NCAA title in 1982. Dad didn’t play in the Monday: Longley Final Four, but he did play 2 scoreless Joel Embiid Patty Mills 2009- 229 7. 3 minutes against Villanova in the Elite Tuesday: Matthew 2013- 72 4.7 Eight. Jabari Parker Dellavedova Big shot Exum’s father was a ninth-round Wednesday: Others: David Anderson (2009-11), “I’m a point guard,” selection of the Nuggets in 1984. He was Andrew Wiggins Chris Anstey (1997-00), Mark Bradtke the 194th pick, 191 spots after Chicago (1996-97), Andrew Gaze (1993-94; Exum said at the Thursday: 1998-99), Shane Heal (1996-97; scouting combine in selected Jordan. Cecil never played in the NBA, but had a career in Australia. Brown Dante Exum 2003-04), Nathan Jawai (2008-10), Chicago in May. “On all Luke Schenscher (2005-07). the teams I’ve played coached him, too. on, I’ve been Archive: Notes: Bradtke is the only Aussie to PhillyDailyNews.com play for the Sixers. He played about 7 the leader.” Dante Exum has a twin sister named and Philly.com minutes per game for the 1996-97 club Tierra. … Bogut (2005) and Irving (2011) were No. 1 overall picks … Irving was born He humorously tweeted out a in Melbourne, and moved to the United States when he was 2 … bunch of fruits and veggies while at Longley won three titles a supermarket checkout line in April. with the Bulls (1996-98) “Starting that NBA predraft health kick!” … Mills won a title with he wrote. the Spurs (2014). Exum’s biggest questions are his shooting ability and the level of competition he has faced. Exum led Australia to a fourth-place fi nish at the U19 world championships in 2013. He was on the all-tourney team along with Croatia’s Dario Saric and Aaron Gordon, who also should be fi rst rounders this year. Has the same agent (Rob Pelinka) as Kobe Bryant and has talked with Bryant about the challenges of going directly to the NBA from high ASSOCIATED PRESS school..